Heat transfer enhancement in cross-flow heat exchangers using oval tubes and multiple delta winglets

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2841-2856

  Tiwari, S ^a   Maurya, D ^a   Biswas, G ^a   Eswaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW;

WINGLETS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; FIN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0038660956     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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